Delayed action toys



3,029,557 DELAYED ACTION TOYS Jerome H. Lemelson, 8B Garfield Apts.,Metuchen, NJ. Original application Nov. 13, 1953, Ser. No. 392,186, nowPatent No. 2,885,824, dated May 12, 1959. Divided and this applicationOct. 22, 1958, Ser. No. 768,896

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-196) This invention relates to improved noisemakingdevices for use in the construction of novelties, games and toys. Thisis a division of my copending patent application entitled, SoundingJumping Toy, Serial No. 392,- 186, now Patent No. 2,885,824, filed onNovember, 13, 1953.

It is a primary object of this invention to provide a new and improvednoisemaking device for use as a novelty or a component of a toy or gamewhich is simple in construction, easy to operate and low in cost.

Another object is to provide an improved noisemaking device which willcreate a sudden noise a delayed period after being set without the needfor direct action on the part of an operator to cause said device totrigger to create said noise.

Still another object is to provide a new and improved delayed actionnoisemaking device in the form of a percussion cap firing mechanismwhich is quite simple in structure and relatively easy to operate andwhich may be applied to a variety of toys and novelties.

The above description as well as further objects, features andadvantages of the present invention will be best appreciated byreference to the following detailed description which makes reference tothe drawing, wherein FIG. 1 shows in partial cross-section a delayedaction percussion cap-firing device embodying features of the presentinvention with a delay mechanism thereof in a cocked position;

FIG. 2 is the same as FIG. 1 with said delay mechanism in a releasedposition.

In FIG. 1 are shown constructional details of a delayed action noiseproducing toy which is adapted to fire a percussion cap a delayed periodof time after said toy has been set or cocked. The time delay toyconsists of a housing 12 having side walls 14 and 16 held together byand end wall 18 and a bottom 20. A shelf 22 projects obliquely from theside wall 14 and is adapted to receive and position a percussion cap Cin the path of striker or hammer 26 which is secured to the end of acantilever mounted spring 24. The notation 22" refers to a projectinglip at the bottom of 22 which overhangs the surface 22' and acts as astep or shelf on which the lower edge of the cap C may rest and bepositioned relative the hammer 26. The other end of spring 24 is heldagainst the side wall 16 near the bottom of the housing by a fastener For other means.

The hammer 26 consists of a striker head 27 and a handle 28 projectingrearward of 27 and preferably normally protruding from the housing '12so that it-may be gripped between the thumb and forefinger of the handand pulled rearward to the position illustrated in FIG. 1. A suction cup30 is secured to the rear of the hammer head 27 and is adapted to engagethe inside surface '16 of the wall 16 of the housing 12 when the handle28 is pulled States Patent ice and urged into the position illustratedin FIG. 1. The spring 24 is biased to normally urge the hammer 26 withthe face 27' of head 27 positioned flat against the surface 22' of 22.Thus said spring 24 acts to remove the suction cup from the cockedposition whereby it engages the surface 16' and to suddenly urge saidhammer to strike the surface 22 upon release from said surface. FIG. 2

shows the hammer 26 after said release which has caused 7 cap C toexplode by percussion means.

The device of FIG. 1 may be utilized as an amusement, noise producingdevice per se or as a device for creating a noise in a variety of toysand games. The housing may be subject to a variety of shape variationswithout departing from the spirit of the invention as may the springwhich may be a rod, wire or coil spring. The housing, for example, maybe shaped to simulate a bomb, firecracker, or other mock toy whichsimulates a device which makes the noise.

As an alternate form of the invention it is noted that a gong, bell orthe like may be secured to the shelf portion 22 of the housing 12 in thepath of the hammer 26 to create a ringing noise upon release of thelatter from its cocked position when it strikes said hell.

I claim:

A delayed action noise-making device comprising in combination an openended enclosure having a base memher and at least three side wallsextending upwardly from said base member so as to form said open endedenclosure, a striker surface on one of said side walls adjacent anopening in said enclosure, a spring biased hammer means located on oneof said side walls at a spaced distance from said striker surface sothat said hammer means is normally held against said striker surface bymeans of said biasing spring, delayed action release means mounted onsaid spring biased hammer means for maintaining said hammer means in acocked position against one of said enclosing walls for a delayed periodof time after being placed in said cocked position, said delayed actionrelease means thereafter releasing said hammer means from said cockedposition to cause the hammer means to strike said striker surface, ahandle extension on said hammer means, said handle extension beingreadily accessible to the human hand and adaptable to being grasped sothat the hammer means can be urged off said striker surface and intosaid cocked position, and a slotted opening in one of said enclosingwalls through which said handle means extends exteriorly of saidcontainer at all times.

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